Milk-cooling can



(N Modell) J; WILHELM, Jr. MILK COOLING GAN.

W( T/VESSES NiTED STATES JOHN WILHELM, JE.,

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lVllLKCOOLlNG CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,774, dated July 7, 1885.

Application filed October 10, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN WILHELM, Jr., of Vooster, in the county of Vayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Cooling Cans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in inillrcooling cans, the object being to provide a vertical coolingtube of considerable size located centrally in thecan with the upper end closed and the lower end open, and extending through the bottom of the can, to which it is joined, and into which water or any cooling agent may be introduced from below.

A further object is to provide an air-tube arranged by the side of the cooling-tube, and in open relation with the latterat the upper end, and passing through the bottom of the can and along underneath, and thence up theV outside of the can to above the water-line, by means of which the air in the cooling-tube may have exit to allow the cooling agent to rise in the cooling-tube.

A further object is to arrange the parts so that no lateral tubes. braces, or other mechanism is had inside the can to interfere with the removal of the cream.

Vith these objects in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of my improved milkcan with the cover removed. Fig. 2 is an elevation in section of the same.

A represents the body of the can, and A the bottom, that is elevated a short distance ou the legs a, to give free circulation of water under the can.

B is the cooling-tube, closed at the top and Open at the bottom, where it extends through the part A', to which it is fastened, forming a tight joint.

C is a small air-tube, extending alongside of and attached to the tube B, and in open relation with it at thc top. The tube C passes through the bottom A', and extends along the d under side thereof and up on the outside of the can, as shown in Fig. 2, and to some distance above the top line of the tube B, and above the water-line of the tank in which the cans are set.

The water from the outside of the can rises and fills the cooling-tube B, expelling the air through the tube C.

These cans are adapted to receive any suitable eover, and therefore no particular cover is shown.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a vessel with a central tube closed at its upper end, and locate a water-pipe and an air-pipe within the tube, and hence I make no claim to such a construction; but

Vhat I claim isy A milk-cooling can provided with a central upright cooling-tube closed at the top and passing through the bottom of the can, an air-tube located on the outside of the cooling-tube and in open communication therewith at the upper end, and a spout formed integral with the air-tube and passing along the bottom of the can and up the side thereof, and terminating near the top of said can, substantially as set forth.

tion in the presence of two witnesses, this 20th day of September, 1884. Y

JOHN XVlLI-IELM, JR. Vitnesses:

ALBERT E. LYNCH, CHAs. H. Donna.

In testimony whereof I sign this specifica- 

